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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Harry Latham-Coyle

World Rugby sends warning to breakaway league R360 after success of Women’s World Cup

Rugby chiefs have suggested that the success of the Women’s Rugby World Cup show that breakaway leagues like the proposed R360 competition must work within the existing structures of the sport to succeed.

Nearly 450,000 tickets were sold for the World Cup in England over the last six weeks, surpassing even ambitious pre-tournament targets, with 50 percent of those in attendance new to women’s rugby.

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